A paper I worked at a decade ago reported on a 3-year-old girl who had turned up missing, and named her and published her mug.

They found her a couple of days later, and she had been sexually assaulted. Watching the news side drop the ID in subsequent stories, then defending the decision in an editorial later, was kind of painful.

A paper I worked at a decade ago reported on a 3-year-old girl who had turned up missing, and named her and published her mug.

They found her a couple of days later, and she had been sexually assaulted. Watching the news side drop the ID in subsequent stories, then defending the decision in an editorial later, was kind of painful.

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I would say that it's a painful story to cover, more than the news side defending the decision to drop the ID.

They can't be blamed for running the mug shot. The girl was missing, and obviously, the hope is that someone sees the mug, sees the girl, and gives the police the information. Then once they find out about the sexual assault, the paper did the right thing about dropping the mug shot.